May 26, 2026
Workshops July – Oct 2026
July 11th
11am - 1pm
Workshop Liveness, this moment... as part of Ageless Festival at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds.
September 5th
One-day workshop in Machynlleth, Contact Yonnie of Moving Mach for booking and details movingmach@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE October 17th and 18th
Wainsgate Dances, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire contact
May 18, 2026
BapAmarante Festival
Announcing
Neither Here Nor There will be re-visited this year for performances across Wales, England and.....
BapAmarante Festival 2026, Portugal.
- Friday, August 28
- Saturday, August 29
- Sunday, August 30
May 9, 2026
The Rest Of Our Lives 2026
ON TOUR
7-17th January
Under The Radar, La MaMa, New York
14th February
21-24th April
20, 21 and 22nd August
May 5, 2026
Lady Marmalade – research
Manchester, Leeds, Dublin, London
Jo joins together once again with artist Sonia Hughes / Weeding Cane in a new process based/collaborative artwork, they are hosting events at various venues and festivals across the UK.
As part of her research and development Sonia Hughes is gathering a group of *women to explore their rage, grief and desire by forming a band and learning to play the same song over and over again. In response to this turbulent world it is an attempt to shift the terror and make way to the clearing.
There will be a show eventually, but at this point we are gathering the people that can bring the magic.
Sonia is joined by collaborators Jo Fong and Nicki Dupuy.
*incl anyone who is nonbinary, trans & femme
Supported by Arts Council England, Transform Festival (Leeds), Battersea Arts Centre (London), Live Collision (Dublin)
May 2, 2026
The Rest of Our Lives review
"The truest show you’ll ever see"
Tom Dewey from Bristol 24/7 came to see The Rest of Our Lives at The Mount Without recently. Click here to read the full review.
April 23, 2026
Ageless Festival 2026
We're excited to announce that Jo will be leading a workshop "Liveness, this moment" at Yorkshire Dance's Ageless Festival in Leeds on 10-11 July 2026.
The full festival line up is now available at: yorkshiredance.com/whats-on/event/ageless-2026/
Grab an early bird festival pass before 31st May to get a 20% discount.
March 4, 2026
Workshops 2026
January
21st and 28th Open Studio,
Free events
Jo will be co-leading with members of ICoDaCo’s Welsh Collective. 10-11.45 with a cuppa and chat after.
21st Jan Dance House, Cardiff. 28th Jan YMa Pontypridd.
February
7th and 8th two day workshop at Y Plas, Machynlleth. Please contact movingmach@gmail.com for further information.
February 9th Butterfly Soup at Ardour Academy, Cardiff, 7.30pm - 9pm. Donations welcome.
February 28th Cheshire Dance Artist Development Programme, University of Chester, 10-5pm. Part of a series of workshops called Inquiring bodies
March 9th Workshop in London. Part of Sadlers Wells’ Disabled Artists Development Programme, 6:30pm -9:30pm
July 11th
11am - 1pm
Workshop Liveness, this moment... as part of Ageless Festival at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds.
September 5th
One -day workshop in Machynlleth, Contact Yonnie of Moving Mach for booking and details movingmach@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE October 17th and 18th
Tw0-day workshop, Wainsgate Dances, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire contact
February 26, 2026
Bristol – April 2026
Join Jo and George at The Mount Without this April
IMPERMANENCE Presents...
The Rest of Our Lives
Created and performed by Jo Fong and George Orange
21 - 24 April @ The Mount Without, 7.30pm.
Tickets
February 16, 2026
Workshop Chester
Jo has been invited by Cheshire Dance to lead a workshop as part of their Inquiring Bodies programme of events for dance artists.
Feb 28th
University of Chester.
Liveness.
Consenting to explore the unknown.
Book on this link
inquiring-bodies-liveness-with-guest-artist-jo-fong
Image by Lucas Chih Peng Kao 高智鵬
December 3, 2025
Workshop Machynlleth
Exciting news!!!
We are delighted to let you know that Jo Fong will be coming to offer a two day workshop in Feb next year in Machynlleth. Please see details and info below.
Date: 7th & 8th Feb, 2026
Time: Sat & Sun 10:30 - 5pm
Venue: Y Plas, Machynlleth
Cost:
£95 for the weekend/ £80 if booked and paid in full before Jan 11th.
A non-refundable deposit of £40 to secure a place
Booking:
Please contact movingmach@gmail.com for further information and to book a place.
Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested.
Thank you.
the MovingMach team
Liveness
A weekend workshop with dance artist Jo Fong
Jo invites you to a two-day workshop at
Y Plas, Machynlleth
7th and 8th Feb 2026
Sat & Sun 10am - 5pm
I like this phrase “We are consenting to explore the unknown”
What does it mean to bring people together?
Movement is my first language, I dance as a way to relate to people, to communicate or begin to understand perspectives. I work with people, bodies, histories, dreams, differences…whole lives. It is constantly evolving, I am learning and un-learning. I am practicing being with people.
My work has led me to questions about What is Community? What does diversity look like? Can the body tell us something about consent? What are the positives around uncertainty or the unsolved?
In terms of choreographic languages, I draw on a wealth of influences from somatic and improvisation techniques, self-generating prompts and tools or games that explore relationships with our bodies, spaces between people, play and working with objects.
For me, it’s about the possibility for liveness, presence.
My work is about creating the conditions so that liveness can occur.
About Jo
Jo Fong is an award-winning director, choreographer and performer working in Dance, Theatre, Film and Live Art. She lives in Pontypridd and her creative work reflects the need in these times for people to come together. Her artistic practice is an evolving, collaborative approach which puts ideas around belonging or forming community in the forefront.
Some recent highlights include collaborations with artist Sonia Hughes; Nettles: How To Disagree? presented at OFFTA, Montreal 2025, Neither Here Nor There was presented as part of Wales in Edinburgh. Sonia and Jo led on a number of film, digital and walking projects called What Will People Need?, The Sun’s Come Out, Come Rain or Shine, and To Tell You The Truth for Dublin Theatre Festival.
How Shall We Begin Again? was presented at Wales Millenium Centre 2023 and Siobhan Davies Studios London 2022, Ways of Being Together at Chapter Arts Centre 2019 and Shoreditch Town Hall 2020. A Brief History of Difference was created with DAR of Das Clarks. Sons and Mums was created with Everybody Dance in Malvern, a beautiful collaboration with 6 men who have autism and their mums.
Jo is currently contributing to research with a number of projects; IcoDaCo European Collectives project, The Choreography of Consent and The Agency of Matter together with artist Deborah Light.
And in January 2026, Jo will be heading to New York’s Under The Radar festival with The Rest Of Our Lives which was created in 2019 with clown and circus artist, George Orange and their 100th performance will be in Pontypridd this February.
Photo by Lucas Chih Peng Kao 高智鵬
